33rd Ordinary Sunday

"Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away" We believe in the Word of God, a Word that nourishes our faith and gives us life. This is exactly on the day of the transfiguration that the Father in heaven said to the Lord's disciples, "Listen to him. Listening to Him, to have some signs and details on the last day of the Lord. From where can we have the certitude of our final days?  

For this reason, today's Gospel invites us to look at and observe the whole of creation, especially the fig tree, which is a sign of God, a sign of blessing and happiness. With this message, God reminds us that he has already put in us a God-like intelligence, to better see or observe the visible elements and thereby discern the divine message, for creation is not only an image of God, but it is also a means of communication between God and humanity. God continues to speak to us, through His creation. 

If we have heard the message of the first reading, we will understand that life is a struggle, a struggle  between good and evil, between love and hate, weak and strong, which invites us to discern at any moment, and to choose God and his love. In these struggle moments of life, we trust God and remain faithful to His teachings. Though the presentation of these events seems to us quite frightening, the finality of this message is to console us and to prepare us to such eventualities of life. 

Mark gives us a story of the emperor Caligula where the people were waiting for the Parousia, the day of the Lord immediately after the destruction of the temple.  In this last Sunday of the liturgical year, we are called to prepare ourselves for the second coming of the Lord. By recalling the first coming, and the failures of then the people of God, to identify the saving God in Jesus, we wish that we may not repeat the same today, by harming innocent and good people. 

We need to forgive and love, even our enemies, so that they may be converted and taste in and through us the divine mercy. Next Sunday we will be celebrating the Christ the King feast, King on the Cross, died for our sins. King of peace and reconciliation. This preparation is oriented towards His coming into our hearts. If Jesus invites his disciples to look at the fig tree, it is not for itself, rather, from here, that we may move further, to an expected event of life, a new season and a new beginning.